William Bradford Questions

Mayflower Compact 1620

1.Who are the strangers in the Reading and why is the Compact needed?

2.How is Virginia referened in this reading?

3.Who was the 1st governor of the colony and why was he chosen?

Narragansett Challenge

1.What was the English response to the messenger sent from the Narragansetts?

2.How did they prepare against attack?

End of the Common course…

1.What did the Pilgrims realize?

2.Why did the colonist capture Thomas Morton?

Historical Study: Europe, Guinea, and the New World 1492-1620

The foundation of American History lies in the events, ideas, and victories made from 1492-1620. The New World, beaming with Native Civilizations and culture from the Mexicas (Aztecs) in Central America, and the Quechua culture lead by the Incas in South America, will be forced to come to terms with the arrival of a new man, the Spaniard. In Guinea, reports of trade between the Mali, Songhai, and Guana Empires will lead to the escalation of the trade in human chattel, gold, salt, and gunpowder. A trade Guinea has yet to recover. While in Europe, all the Kingdoms from Espana to England, will be thrust into an Age of Discovery, driven by the crucible of Christianity and the Crusades. Overpopulation, disease, and the pursuit of land by the serf classes will bring the Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, and the Dutch face to face with the dawn of a European dominated world, never seen before.

How can we unearth the secrets of History and the clash of age old and renown civilizations? Let us begin with the literature from the era, the reenactments of the time, and the obvious lasting affects on the language and culture. Sources will be updated and added until the end of Ch. 3.

-Mr. Amaye-Obu

New World Sources
Broken Spears
Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
Diario of Don Christobal Colon
Apocalypto

European Sources
Becket
The Merchant of Venice
Hamlet
Othello
Elizabeth I
Irish Tactics Rob Roy

Guinea Sources
The Secret Route
Griot: Abu Bakr of Mali
The Dilligent
Olaudah Equiano

Welcome Oakland Charter High School Students!

Welcome Oakland Charter High School Students!

This school year, unlike previous studies in Europe, Asia, Latin America, or Africa, will focus primarily on United States History from the Civil War to the present-day. The course will feature study maps, exclusive documentaries, projects, and essays describing the late 19th Century, the 20th Century, and the 21st Century.

US History is filled with giant figures in History like Abraham Lincoln or John D. Rockefeller. It is also filled with contention and movements for rights, quality of life, and liberation from tyrannical control by the very same giants, we all admire and love. The 20th Century has been called the Century of Neocolonialism and the Century of Genocide. Major wars, governments, Corporations, Banks, and now private Militias left a huge footprint like never before witnessed. There were also major advances in technology as Americans will end horse travel and embark on the road to inventing the automobiles and airplanes. American Astronauts will even visit Space and walk on the Moon. We shall now forget the television, World Wide Web, the Cell phone, or Michael Jackson! Get ready to consider all the facts, ponder on the same questions, and learn the American journey, as we live it today.

-Mr. Amaye-Obu

Welcome International Students!

It is an honor to have classes from all over the world using the World of Social Studies Website. I will continue to offer an international course and post new assignments free of charge, along with answering any questions you may have. While it is a surprise to have an international audience, I will endeavor to keep both my current American classes and you all freshly abreast and educated in current World issues. Feel free to comment or email me. Thanks

Mr. Amaye-Obu 2012

Final Grades Posted: 6/16

Congratulations Students on a successful year of World Geography at Cornerstone Academy.

Sixth Grade: Plus 5

Dear Sixth & Seventh Grade Students (& Parents):

This has been a successful school year in World Geography. We have studied the Earth, timelines, the government of Canada, North Africa and Southwest Asia, Southern Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the first phase of European History. All of these topics, represent learning at the finest level of education. To reward your progress, you may now offer an educated response to the ignorant and the base. And I, Mr. Amaye-Obu, will offer you this final reward, five extra points on your final grade.

Final exams will commence in the final week of the 2010-2011 school year. Period 1, 2, & 6, will have the privilege to celebrate with the movie, Willow produced by George Lucas (rated G). 7th Grade will view the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles produced by Steven Barron or The Mighty Ducks written by Steven Brill. Any parents, who will not like their child to watch the above films, please send the student with advance notice and I will remove the student with a separate assignment.

Finally, education and school is about learning the social, intellectual, political, and economic standards of the surrounding society. Our society, the United States (Florida) will educate our children to the best standards. And I, Mr. Amaye-Obu expect excellence and when nothing else can be given, I will say, "good job." Enjoy your summer vacation. And remember, "to think without study is futile. To study without learning is dangerous -Confucious 551 BCE."

Sincerely,
              Mr. Amaye-Obu

Antigone by Sophocles (497 BCE - 442 BCE)

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Cornerstone Final Exam Schedule

 
Friday, June 3
Regular day 7th Period EXAM during during 7th Period

Monday, June 6
3rd period class - 7:30 – 8:30
5th period EXAM - 8:34 – 10:14
4th period class - 10:18 – 11:58
6th period EXAM - same as 6th period times, lunch by 6th period
Lunches: A lunch – Middle School Building
B lunch – High School Villages

Tuesday, June 7
1st period class - 7:30 – 8:30
3rd period EXAM - 8:34 – 10:14
2nd period class - 10:18 – 11:58
4th period EXAM - same as 7th period times, lunch by 4th period
Lunches: A lunch – Middle School Building
B lunch – High School Villages

Wednesday, June 8
1st period EXAM - 7:30 – 9:48
2nd Period EXAM - 9:48 – 1:30, lunch by 2nd period
Lunches: A lunch – Middle School Building
B lunch – High School Villages

Sixth Grade: Final Study Guide

Textbook Link
Geography
Western European Countries & Capitals:
1. London, United Kingdom
2. Dublin, Ireland
3. Reykjavik, Iceland
4.Oslo, Norway
5. Stockholm, Sweden
6. Copenhagen, Denmark
7. Berlin, Germany
8. Amsterdam Netherlands
9. Brussels, Belgium
10. Paris, France
11. Bern, Switzerland
12. Vienna, Austria
13. Rome, Italy
14. Holy See (Vatican City)
15. Madrid, Spain
16. Lisbon, Portugal
17. Andorra La Vella, Andorra
18. San Marino, San Marino
19. Luxembourg, Luxembourg
20. Monaco, Monaco

Peninsulas: Iberian, Italian, Balkan, Scandinavian, Jutland
Mountains: Pyrenees, Alps, Ural, Caucasus, Carpathian, Apennines
Straits: Strait of Gibraltar, Strait of Dover, English Channel, Bosporus Strait
Seas: North Sea, Norwegiain Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Bay of Biscay
Rivers: Rhine,Loire, Seine


Key Terms: Mediterranean Sea, peninsula, fjord, Ural Mountains, plain, city-state
polis, Aegean Sea, oligarchy, Athens, philosopher, Aristotle, Alexander the Great,

(Possibly- republic, Senate, patrician, plebeian, Julius Caesar, empire, Augustus, Constantine)

Research the following: Reading of Antigone/Classical Greece Notes
Myth,  Polytheism, Monotheism, Epic Poem, Pantheon, post and lintel, prehistory
Calendar, Chronology, time, history, circa, decade, century, millennium.

Pope Gregory XIII

Julius Caesar

Gregorian Calendar- 2/24/1582

Julian Calendar 45 BCE- 1582

3. The World At Your Fingertips: Citizen, Economics, Government, Five Themes of Geography, Scarcity, Five Fields of Social Studies, history, culture.

7th Grade: Final Study Guide

                                                                  Textbook Link
Capitals & Countries:
Central America
1. Mexico City, Mexico
2. Guatemala City, Guatemala
3. San Salvador, El Salvador
4. Belmopan, Belize
5. Tegucigalpa, Honduras
6. Managua, Nicaragua
7. San Jose, Costa Rica
8. Panama City, Panama

Caribbean Islands (Greater Antilles)
9. Havana, Cuba
10. Kingston, Jamaica
11. Port-Au Prince, Haiti
12. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
13. San Juan, Puerto Rico (US)
14. Trinidad & Tobago

South America
15. Caracas, Venezuela
16. Georgetown, Guyana
17. Paramaribo, Suriname
18. Cayenne, French Guiana (Fr.)
19. Bogota, Colombia
20. Quito, Ecuador
21. Lima, Peru
22. La Paz & Sucre, Bolivia
23. Asuncion, Paraguay
24. Brasilia, Brazil
25. Montevideo, Uruguay
26. Buenos Aires, Argentina
27. Santiago, Chile

Bodies of Water: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean,
Pacific Ocean, Strait of Magellan, Amazon River, Lake Titicaca, Drake Passage

Mountains: Andes, Mt. Aconcagua, Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre Occidental

Special Interests: Galapagos Islands (Ecuador), Easter Island (Chile), Baja California
Lesser Antilles, Yucatan Peninsula

Key Terms: tributary, deforestation, Tropical Zone, El Niño, hieroglyph
chinampa, Machu Picchu, Hernán Cortés, Montezuma II, Francisco Pizarro
Atahualpa, Columbian Exchange, peninsular, criollo, mestizo, encomienda
Father Miguel Hidalgo, Treaty of Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Gadsden Purchase
West Indies, dependency, mulatto
 Calendar, Chronology, time, history, circa, decade, century, millennium.

Pope Gregory XIII

Julius Caesar

Gregorian Calendar- 2/24/1582

Julian Calendar 45 BCE- 1582

3. The World At Your Fingertips: Citizen, Economics, Government, Five Themes of Geography, Scarcity, Five Fields of Social Studies, history, culture.

6th Grade Table of Contents: 4th Quarter update

16. Establishing Modern Japan
17. History & Government: Australia/New Zealand
18. Zoomers 5/2-5/6
19. Current Event: Australia
20. Economies & Culture: Australia/New Zealand
21. Zoomer 5/9-5/13
22. Europe Map
23. European Foldable
24. Antarctica
25. Ancient Asia & Asia Today
26. A Land of Varied Riches
27. Current Event: Europe
28. Ancient Greece

7th Grade Study Guide: World War I & II, The Soviet Union, & Eastern Europe

nationalism, colonialism, Austria-Hungary, dual monarchy, World War I, alliance

Adolf Hitler, fascism, Holocaust, World War II, NATO, Iron Curtain, puppet government , one-party system, Joseph Stalin, collective farm, Warsaw Pact, the Soviet Union, Cold War, propaganda, private propertyrights, Nikita Khrushchev, deposed, détente, Mikhail Gorbachev, parliamentary, republic, coalition government, ethnic cleansing, Duma, Treaty of Versailles

Additional terms: Bay of Pigs, Sputnik, Benito Mussolini,

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower,

John F. Kennedy, Kosovo, S. Milosevic, Emperor Hirohito , J. Robert Oppenheimer

Sixth Grade: Ancient Asia & East Asia Today Test Guide: Update

                                                       Textbook Link

East Asia Geography: 

Australia, China, Fiji, Japan, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, 

New Zealand, North Korea, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Taiwan,

Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Bodies of Water:

Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, Philippine Sea, Luzon Strait, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, South China Sea, Pacific Ocean, Huang He (Yellow River) Chang Jiang River

Islands of Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu

Landforms:
Plateau of China, Gobi Desert, Mt. Everest, Mt. Fuji, The Outback, Great Barrier Reef

Current Event: Russia & Australia

Dear Students:

 As announced, Current Events will be mandatory this week. Visit one of the following links and select a story of your choice. The story must relate to the five fields of social studies- history, government, economics, geography, or culture. There are two new additional sites for diversity of reliable sources and most current event stories will be accepted. You may also follow this week's goal to study our two different geographical regions.

7th Grade- Find a current event that took place in Russia.

6th Grade- Find a current event that took place in Australia.

        (And...) Do not forget to write a two paragraph summary of the article in your own words (copy & pasting is not acceptable).

 Be sure to include your source of information and a summary of the article. Any questions?

 Signing Out- Mr. A

International/US/ United Kingdom

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/

http://www.nytimes.com/

Russia

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/index.php

http://english.ruvr.ru/

Australia

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/

http://www.smh.com.au/

Local

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/

UK/International

http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/critical-issues/

Seventh Grade Table of Contents: 4th Quarter

1.Traders, Colonist, and Explorers
2. The Age of Revolution
3. Zoomers 4/4- 4/8
4. How To Write An Essay Notes
5. The Hitch Hiker's Guide To the Galaxy (The Movie)
6. United Nations HW & Review
7. The Russian Empire
8. Current Events: Eastern Europe
9. Zoomer 4/18- 4/22
10. Growth of Ideas Test
11. Zoomers 4/25 -4/29

Sixth Grade Table of Contents: 4th Quarter

1. Physical Geography (East Asia & Oceania)
2. Zoomers 4/4- 4/8
3. How To Write An Essay Notes
4. Map of East Asia & Oceania (Drawn)
5. Ancient China
6. The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy (The Movie)
7. Ancient China Notes
8. Establishing Modern China
9. Zoomers 4/18- 4/22
10. Current Event: East Asia
11. Government of East Asia
12. Zoomers 4/25-4/29
13. 15 Product Made in Asia (Homework)
14. Economics of East Asia
15. Ancient Japan

Extra Credit: NASA Endeavor Lift-off

Space Shuttle Endeavor Extra Credit: 30 Pts (Two points on your final grade!)

1. Visit the NASA Website at the link below:
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/134_flash/
2. Write a small report on the 15 day mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavor identifying the Astronauts (Crew), the mission (Mission Timeline), and reflecting on how the shuttle lift off, inspires your imagination on Space Exploration.
3. Watch the Space Shuttle Endeavor takeoff on NASA TV , Friday, April 29th at 3:47 pm.

7th Grade Study Guide

Map Study: Bulgaria, Russia, Greece, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan

Chapter Terms

Middle Ages, Feudalism, manorialism Visigoths, Magna Carta, Charlemagne, The Renaissance, Crusades, Martin Luther, Reformation, Leonardo De Vinci, Medici Family, Florence, Johann Gutenburg, Protestant, Prince Henry the Navigator, Christopher Columbus & the Santa Maria-Pinta-Nina, Cape of Good Hope, Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, Ferninand Magellan, circumnavigate, imperialism, slavery-Atlantic slave trade, Scientific Revolution, Industrial Revolution, capitalism, French Revolution, King Louis XVI, Napoleon Bonaparte, Galileo Galilei, Carolus Linnaeus,  Czar, Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Russian Revolution, Karl Marx

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